commission etiquette question

Hi Nathaniel,

Great to hear from you, and interesting to note that you dream up art
proposals in the shower ;)

One proposal per person is the policy that Rhizome has been working with. It
seems that it would set a troubling precedent to allow multiple applications
by the same person. It raises questions like: what's the maximum you would
be allowed to submit? And, do other applicants suffer from a statistical
disadvantage? It would also place you in a bit of a conundrum, as you would
be competing against yourself.

Its OK to be involved in two applications but not if you are the lead artist
on both, i.e. If you are supporting or collaborating with your friend in
some way, but it is ultimately his project, that is fine.

I'm glad you brought this up.

Yours,

Lauren



On 3/18/06 6:15 AM, "nathaniel" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hey Lauren, Marisa and Rhizome Community:
>
> I put uploaded a pretty simple commission proposal that I had come up
> with in the shower, last week. Then, this week, a friend asked me to
> collaborate on a proposal with him. I'm pretty sure that Rhizome only
> allows one submission per member after log-in, but I thought, well,
> my potential collaborator could easily join Rhizome and list me
> alongside himself via his own membership.
>
> My question is how Rhizome staff and community would feel about this.
> I'm happy to choose one or the other if people think this unfair and
> that each member should only be a part of one proposal, but also
> certainly wouldn't mind entering both if it's ok with y'all.
>
> Thanks for letting me know,
>
> nathaniel
> http://nathanielstern.com
>
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Thanks, Lauren - I totally understand your point, and the
differentiation you have made, and will act accordingly.

I'm off to brainshower (really bad brainstorm pun, but I could not
resist).

Hope all is well with you,

nathaniel
http://nathanielstern.com



On Mar 20, 2006, at 5:48 PM, Lauren Cornell wrote:

> Hi Nathaniel,
>
> Great to hear from you, and interesting to note that you dream up art
> proposals in the shower ;)
>
> One proposal per person is the policy that Rhizome has been working
> with. It
> seems that it would set a troubling precedent to allow multiple
> applications
> by the same person. It raises questions like: what's the maximum
> you would
> be allowed to submit? And, do other applicants suffer from a
> statistical
> disadvantage? It would also place you in a bit of a conundrum, as
> you would
> be competing against yourself.
>
> Its OK to be involved in two applications but not if you are the
> lead artist
> on both, i.e. If you are supporting or collaborating with your
> friend in
> some way, but it is ultimately his project, that is fine.
>
> I'm glad you brought this up.
>
> Yours,
>
> Lauren
>
>
>
> On 3/18/06 6:15 AM, "nathaniel" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hey Lauren, Marisa and Rhizome Community:
>>
>> I put uploaded a pretty simple commission proposal that I had come up
>> with in the shower, last week. Then, this week, a friend asked me to
>> collaborate on a proposal with him. I'm pretty sure that Rhizome only
>> allows one submission per member after log-in, but I thought, well,
>> my potential collaborator could easily join Rhizome and list me
>> alongside himself via his own membership.
>>
>> My question is how Rhizome staff and community would feel about this.
>> I'm happy to choose one or the other if people think this unfair and
>> that each member should only be a part of one proposal, but also
>> certainly wouldn't mind entering both if it's ok with y'all.
>>
>> Thanks for letting me know,
>>
>> nathaniel
>> http://nathanielstern.com
>>
>>
>>
>> +
>> -> post: [email protected]
>> -> questions: [email protected]
>> -> subscribe/unsubscribe: http://rhizome.org/preferences/
>> subscribe.rhiz
>> -> give: http://rhizome.org/support
>> +
>> Subscribers to Rhizome are subject to the terms set out in the
>> Membership Agreement available online at http://rhizome.org/info/
>> 29.php
>